Accounting Manager, Leases

The role

You will own lease accounting, including technical conclusions, monthly operations, controls, and the audit relationship. You will manage a lease portfolio consisting of land, powered shell, build-to-suit, colocation, ground leases, equipment, and energy-related arrangements.

What you will do

• Own ASC 842 conclusions for complex arrangements
• Draft and review lease memos and own lease policy
• Own the lease subledger and LeaseQuery governance
• Own the lease close end to end including journal entries and reconciliations
• Review Senior Accountant entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis
• Partner with financial reporting team on lease disclosures
• Work with cross-functional partners on lease intake and portfolio management
• Own SOX controls and audit support for the leases
• Coach and develop the Senior Accountant
• Build intake workflows, standard procedures, and automation

Required qualifications

• 7-10 years of accounting experience
• At least 4 years of hands-on ASC 842 experience
• Deep familiarity with non-standard lease structures
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• CPA
• Demonstrated ability to reach technical accounting conclusions
• Strong month-end close, reconciliation, and controls discipline in a public or public-ready environment
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort with large data sets
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence business partners

Nice to have

• People management experience
• Experience with a lease accounting system (LeaseQuery preferred; CoStar, or similar)
• Big 4 or public accounting experience
• Experience at a high-growth technology or infrastructure company
• Exposure to data center, energy, real estate development, or other capital-intensive industries
• Hands-on experience with build-to-suit, powered shell, colocation, or ground lease structures
• SOX 404 experience
• Managing external audit relationships
• Building process and teams in a fast-scaling environment

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages
• Restricted Stock Units
• Paid time off, paid holidays & leave of absence programs
• Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
• Employer contributions to HSA account
• Paid parental leave
• Paid life insurance, short-term and long-term disability
• Professional development & tuition reimbursement
• Mental health & wellness support
• Commuter benefits (parking & transit)
• Cell phone stipend
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary

About the company

Crusoe is a vertically integrated AI infrastructure company that owns and operates each layer of the stack to power AI workloads. They use an energy-first approach to solve power bottlenecks for AI compute.